My understanding is that if you connect a HikVision camera direct to an NVR then it can't access the internet in any way? Is that still correct?
e.g. for my ANPR cameras I set them up to FTP captured images to a remote server. To do that I have had to connect them to a PoE switch even when all my other normal cameras are connected direct to an NVR. It just seems to me ridiculous that to use some features of a camera it CAN'T be connected to an NVR.
Looking at the new M-Series NVR's the specs state something like "Configurable special camera smart functions, such as ... ANPR ..." but I don't really know what that actually means - does it mean I could connect an ANPR camera direct to an M-Series NVR and have working image capture to ftp? Or would I still need to buy a PoE switch purely to support a single ANPR camera as I already do elsewhere?
e.g. for my ANPR cameras I set them up to FTP captured images to a remote server. To do that I have had to connect them to a PoE switch even when all my other normal cameras are connected direct to an NVR. It just seems to me ridiculous that to use some features of a camera it CAN'T be connected to an NVR.
Looking at the new M-Series NVR's the specs state something like "Configurable special camera smart functions, such as ... ANPR ..." but I don't really know what that actually means - does it mean I could connect an ANPR camera direct to an M-Series NVR and have working image capture to ftp? Or would I still need to buy a PoE switch purely to support a single ANPR camera as I already do elsewhere?
